Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, Shipbuilding and Paper & Pulp sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086), which rose 8.65% or 139.0 points to trade at 1746.0 at the close. Nitto Denko Co (T:6988) added 3.77% or 340.0 points to end at 9363.0 and Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (T:6305) was up 3.45% or 94.0 points to 2817.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which lost 3.49% or 10.0 points to trade at 276.6 in late trade. Kuraray Co., Ltd. (T:3405) declined 2.23% or 47.0 points to end at 2064.0 and Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co., Ltd. (T:3865) shed 2.09% or 19.0 points to 892.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2348 to 820 and 294 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.63% to 14.06.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.78% or 0.35 to $45.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.65% or 0.31 to hit $47.85 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 2.02 to trade at $1247.08 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.27% to 112.59, while EUR/JPY rose 0.68% to 128.63.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 95.50.